US Congress House Bill 1452 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and develop a proposed rule for a Medicare modernized clinical diagnostic laboratory fee schedule; (2) report to Congress on the fee schedule; and (3) promulgate final regulations to establish it if the committee reaches consensus. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to report to Congress its own recommendations according to whether or not the committee does reach consensus. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish as $6.04 for 2010 (and the preceding year's amount adjusted for inflation for subsequent years) the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program.

Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act of 2009

Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-12		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-03-11		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-11		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-11		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1452/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1452/BILLS-111hr1452ih.pdf